ENS Event | |
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04:00 Sep 21, 2016 | |
| Title | Lost Electron Capture Device |
| Event Description | Four electron capture detectors (ECDs) were shipped at the same time from Shanghai to Wilmington, DE. The ECDs were shipped by air freight and three of the ECDs arrived at the beginning of October. The remaining ECD has not arrived and a search is ongoing.
Source: Ni-63, 15 mCi fully encapsulated
As a corrective action, the licensee has changed warehouse operations to a different warehouse used to receive devices manufactured in China. Notified R1DO (Welling) and NMSS Events Notification via email. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Agilent Wilmington, Delaware (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 07-28762-01 |
| Organization: | Agilent |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+724.47 h30.186 days <br />4.312 weeks <br />0.992 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | David Bennett 08:28 Oct 21, 2016 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Jan 27, 2017 |
| 52312 - NRC Website | |
Agilent with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
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[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) Lost Electron Capture Device 2016-09-21T04:00:00 | |